Hamas runs the Gaza Strip. The freedom score there is 11/100.
Israel’s score is 76/100 where 1.5 million Arabs are free to vote, work, travel, be openly LGBT, be appointed to judgeships, be elected to the Parliament and they have Sharia Courts too.
Israel’s score is 76/100 where 1.5 million Arabs are free to vote, work, travel, be openly LGBT, be appointed to judgeships, be elected to the Parliament and they have Sharia Courts too.
I understand when @RashidaTlaib goes crazy about Israel because of her heritage. But @IlhanMN immigrated from Somalia yet she is biased and obsessed with Israel. There are many problems in her birth country as well as in other parts of the world but those interest her little.
When I ask the above, @ggreenwald would counter that ‘Israel is the recipient of $4 billion in annual US aid.’
First, the US spends $55 billion annually in aid yet few lawmakers are busy with other countries who get it. Secondly, almost all aid “to Israel” is spent in the US!
First, the US spends $55 billion annually in aid yet few lawmakers are busy with other countries who get it. Secondly, almost all aid “to Israel” is spent in the US!
Third, most of the aid from the US to Israel is in form of military defenses so perhaps if Hamas, Iran and Syria would take a step back then Israel would need less funds for protection. Yet I don’t see @ggreenwald and like-minded people in Congress focusing their energy there.
Fourth, even if @ggreenwald is correct that the money spent by the US to protect Israel is reason to focus more on that part of the world, it does not excuse why wording and claims by @AOC @IlhanMN etc are inflammatory, filled with lies and one-sided. cc @mtracey
Glenn writes that “2 mill human beings, overwhelmingly young, are trapped in a tiny open-air prison unable to leave” Gaza. Sad indeed, but 1.5 million Arabs/Palestinians in Israel essentially have rights like the rest Israelis. Clearly, something is up in Gaza. Maybe ask Hamas.
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